PARENTS
Kids are now starting to smoke at a younger age!
 
  Smoking should be a parent’s greatest concern because it’s associated with other risky behaviors and health dangers.
 
  Kids May Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking
Study Finds Preschoolers at Play Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking

  • Preschoolers pretending to shop for a Barbie doll's social evening were more likely to choose cigarettes if their parents smoked, and wine or beer if their parents drank, a study found.
  • Researchers observing the children's play found that the ones who watched PG-13 or R-rated movies also were more likely to choose alcohol for Barbie.
  • A 4-year-old girl chose Barbie-sized tobacco in the pretend store and said: "I need this for my man. A man needs cigarettes." (must read report)
 
 
If you’re a parent who smokes,
you could be jeopardizing more than just your own health.
Kids exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk for failing tests in school, suggests a new study from Temple University. In fact, smoke exposure at home decreased the odds for passing standardized tests by as much as 30% among kids ages 16 to 18 participating in the study.
 
 
  • Every day, nearly 4,400 kids, as young as 8 years old, start to smoke in America alone. That's nearly 1.5 million of our children a year becoming enslaved to tobacco for the rest of their lives.
    - The kids you save could be yours!
  • Preventing your kids from smoking in high school increases the chances they won't smoke as adults. Over one-third of all kids who try smoking, continue to smoke on a daily basis.
    - Nearly 80% of adult smokers started smoking before they turned 18 years old.
 
  • More than 6.4 million children living today will die prematurely because of a decision they will make as adolescents.
    - the decision to smoke cigarettes.
 
  • 43,000 children are orphaned each year because of smoking related deaths.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) outlined three immediate steps smokers can take for their children’s health:
    - Make your home smoke free
    - Keep your car smoke free
    - Stop smoking for your children 
  • Parental smoking a threat to kids' lungs, new study confirms
    60% of the children in the study had been exposed to cigarette smoke before birth or in early life with deadly consequences, the research found. (more)
 
  • Those most affected by secondhand smoke in our homes are children, as they are exposed to the hazardous poisons that can hinder the growth of their lungs and put them in danger of severe respiratory diseases. Children are being stricken at early ages by asthma and emphysema. According to Frank D. Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D., professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, "Parents or others who choose to smoke around children are causing illness and school absences, potentially affecting how well the children do in school."

GOOD NEWS
YOU can help!
 
WARNING: There is no safe tobacco product. The use of any tobacco product can cause cancer and other adverse health effects. This includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and spit tobacco; mentholated, "low-tar," "naturally grown," or "additive free."
 

Tobacco's Toll on Kids
since 2000

9,309,793 kids
have become regular
smokers
3,103,264 kids
will die prematurely
from their addiction
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The tobacco industry
spends over
$15.4 billion a year
marketing their deadly
products in the USA
alone, most of it
reaching kids.
So far this century
(since 2000)
they have spent over:

$ 131,142,101,712

It’s
never
too early
to talk to
your children
about not smoking
!
Teens who sit down to a family dinner most nights are less likely to smoke than those who have two or fewer family meals a week.

-- The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
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NOT to start smoking!